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Grant Recipients

Valley CAN is pleased to announce recipients of grants aimed at real solutions to air quality issues over the last couple years. Valley CAN was struck by the responsiveness and creativity in working together to solve the Valley's air quality problem. As our recipients have demonstrated, there are many ways to help clean the air NOW — and Valley CAN hopes that these grants will assist in the further education and awareness about what can be done NOW to clean our air.

Valley CAN based its decision on the following standards:

Proposals were representative of the San Joaquin Valley as a whole.
Proposals sought to improve Valley air quality.
Proposals generated or supported real-world solutions.
Proposals gave opportunity for real leadership, and/or provided an educational component.

For more information about Valley CAN's grant program, email us at info@valley-can.org.

The following is a summary of recipients of Valley CAN grants.

2009 Grant Recipients

Application 1

Applicant: Advanced Transportation Technology and Energy Initiative (ATTEi)

Amount Granted: $16,000

Summary of Project: 2008 Arvin Tune In and Tune Up and 2009 Bakersfield Tune In and Tune Up

Application 2

Applicant: San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District

Amount Granted: $10,000

Summary of Project: “Clean Green Yard Machines” 2009 Lawn Mower Trade-in Program

Application 3

Applicant: Downtown Business Association

Amount Granted: $7,500

Summary of Project: Project Trolley Clean Air

Application 4

Applicant: California State University, Fresno Foundation

Amount Granted: $29,000

Summary of Project: Simultaneous Measurements of Air Emissions and N Leaching of Dairy Effluent Application in San Joaquin Valley

Application 5

Applicant: California State University, Fresno Foundation

Amount Granted: $30,000

Summary of Project: Thermal Imaging of Particulate Matter to Quantify Emissions from Agricultural Operations

2008 Grant Recipients

Application 1

Applicant: San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District

Amount Granted: $10,000

Summary of Project: “Clean Green Yard Machines” 2008 Lawn Mower Trade-in Program

Application 2

Applicant: Operation Clean Air

Amount Granted: $14,250

Summary of Project: Mobile Source Control Project – CARB Drayage Truck Rule

Application 3

Applicant: California State University, Fresno Foundation

Amount Granted: $27,025

Summary of Project: Monitoring Emissions from Landscape Maintenance Operations in the San Joaquin Valley

Application 4

Applicant: Valley Public Television

Amount Granted: $30,000

Summary of Project: KVPT Be More Green Campaign

Application 5

Applicant: Kern Council of Governments

Amount Granted: $2,275

Summary of Project: Road to Discovery – Clean Air Project

Application 6

Applicant: Bike Bakersfield

Amount Granted: $2,652

Summary of Project: Air Quality Mitigation Funding

Application 7

Applicant: The Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce

Amount Granted: $25,000

Summary of Project: The Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce (chamber), through the Green Team San Joaquin program, proposes to accomplish this by establishing a multi-marketing advertising campaign and energy & air quality conservation workshops. In addition, the chamber will develop outreach activities and capitalize on an established chamber network of 1,600 businesses with over 35,000 (employees) residents in San Joaquin County.

Application 8

Applicant: San Joaquin Valley Clean Energy Organization

Amount Granted: $36,500

Summary of Project: Arvin Clean Energy Program

Application 9

Applicant: Advanced Transportation and Technology Initiative (ATTEi)

Amount Granted: $8,000

Summary of Project: 2008 Stockton Tune In and Tune Up Equipment. Through ATTEi, San Joaquin Delta College automotive program will receive emissions-related diagnostic equipment for their participant in the Stockton Valley CAN Tune In and Tune Up.

2007 Grant Recipients

Application 1

Applicant: California’s Agriculture Resources for Organic Transitions (CAROT)

Amount Granted: $13,000

Summary of Project: Workbook for Growers.

Application 2

Applicant: Advanced Transportation Technology and Energy Initiative (ATTEi)

Amount Granted: $16,000

Summary of Project: ATTEi students used the Valley CAN-funded scan tool (two) and computer equipment to perform diagnostic tests on vehicles during two Tune In & Tune Up events in 2007.

Application 3

Applicant: Bike Bakersfield

Amount Granted: $10,000

Summary of Project: Bike Bakersfield is dedicated to working with Bakersfield and the Kern County communities to improve individual health and overall community health aspects by focusing on the benefits of bicycling. Their mission is to promote bicycling as everyday transportation, and plan to install ten bicycle racks in prominent downtown Bakersfield locations

Application 4

Applicant: Advanced Transportation Technology and Energy Initative (ATTEi)

Amount Granted: $11,000

Summary of Project: The Advanced Transportation Technology & Energy Initiative will be partnering with the College of the Sequoias Quickstart program to administer the Fuel Cell Car Demonstrations. This partnership focuses on educational projects that will increase the efficient use of energy through alternative fuels and learning activities that will be used to reduce air pollution in the Central San Joaquin Valley. Their goal is to target 45 educators, and 45 high school/middle school students.

Application 5

Applicant: Fresno Council of Governments

Amount Granted: $10,000

Summary of Project: San Joaquin Valley COG Teleconferencing Project

Application 6

Applicant: Stockton Chamber of Commerce

Amount Granted: $25,000

Summary of Project: The Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce (chamber), through the Green Team San Joaquin program, proposes to accomplish this by establishing a multi-marketing advertising campaign and energy & air quality conservation workshops. In addition, the chamber will develop outreach activities and capitalize on an established chamber network of 1,600 businesses with over 35,000 (employees) residents in San Joaquin County.

Application 7

Applicant: Advanced Transportation Technology and Energy Initiative (ATTEi)

Amount Granted: $24,000

Summary of Project: ATTEi students will use Valley CAN-funded scan tools (three) and computer equipment to perform diagnostic tests on vehicles during the 2007 and 2008 Tune In & Tune Up events in three San Joaquin Valley Cities identified by the Partnership for the San Joaquin Valley grant.

Application 8

Applicant: Stockton Chamber of Commerce

Amount Granted: $20,000

Application 9

Applicant: Advanced Transportation Technology and Energy (ATTE)

Amount Granted: $8,000

Summary of Project: ATTEi students used the Valley CAN-funded scan tool and computer equipment to perform diagnostic tests on vehicles during a 2007 Tune In & Tune Up event.

Application 10

Applicant: San Joaquin Valley Clean Energy Organization

Amount Granted: $10,000

Summary of Project: The San Joaquin Valley Clean Energy Organization (SJVCEO) will develop a comprehensive Clean Energy Program in Arvin, CA to help the city address its air quality challenges and serve as a model for the rest of Kern County. Arvin Clean Energy Program

2006 Grant Recipients

Application 1

Applicant: Advanced Transporation Technology and Energy Initiative (ATTEi)

Amount Granted: $24,000

Summary of Project:
ATTEi students used the Valley CAN-funded scan tool (three) and computer equipment to perform diagnostic tests on vehicles during three Tune In & Tune Up events in 2006.

Application 2

Applicant: Amador County Transportation Commission

Amount Granted: $38,000

Summary of Project: The Amador County Transportation Commission requested funding to help implement the tri-county Foothill-Valley Commuter Services (FVCS) Program. This program offers ridesharing, public transportation, and other commuter options from Amador, Calaveras and Tuolumne Counties to the San Joaquin Valley. This program is a joint effort between the San Joaquin Council of Governments, the ACTC, the Calaveras Council of Governments and the Tuolumne County Transportation Council.

Application 3

Applicant: California Association of Resource Conservation Districts

Amount Granted: $17,620

Summary of Project: Electrostatic Dust Control on Conventional Farm Equipment.

Application 4

Applicant: Center for Irrigation Technology

Amount Granted: $30,000

Summary of Project: Diesel Pumping Efficiency Tester Development.

Application 5

Applicant: American Lung Association

Amount Granted: $1,000

Summary of Project: Asthma Walk.

Application 6

Applicant: Greater Stockton Chamberof Commerce

Amount Granted: $20,000

Summary of Project: The Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce, through the Green Team San Joaquin program, established a multi-marketing advertising campaign and energy & air quality conservation workshops. In addition, the Chamber developed outreach activities and capitalized on an established Chamber network of 1,600 businesses with over 35,000 employees in San Joaquin County.

Application 7

Applicant: Enterprise for Education, Clean Air Challenge Program

Amount Granted: $10,000

Summary of Project: It is Enterprise for Education’s (EFE) goal to maximize the effectiveness of the Clean Air Challenge by ensuring that a high percentage of teachers trained in the program are implementing it in their classrooms. In order to accomplish this goal, EFE will hire a third-party consultant to design and implement an online teacher tracking and feedback mechanism.

Application 8

Applicant: Enterprise for Education, Clean Air Challenge Program

Amount Granted: $49,971

Summary of Project: Enterprise for Education’s Clean Air Challenge (CAC) is funded by partnerships between air districts, environmental organizations and other private companies. Overall, the CAC is a thematic standards-based program for 7th — 12th grade science students to conduct research on an environmental problem impacting their health, including ground level ozone and particle pollution.

Application 9

Applicant: KVPT, Valley Public Television, Mind Light Works

Amount Granted: $10,000

Summary of Project: Mind Light Works created a twelve-part, half-hour series “Green Planet: The Energy Equation.”

Application 10

Applicant: San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District

Amount Granted: $3,950

Summary of Project: Certificate Award in Air Quality Management, Scholarship Fund

Application 11

Applicant: American Lung Association of California-Kern County Office

Amount Granted: $1,000

Summary of Project: “Blow the Whistle on Asthma” Walk Sponsorship (Bronze)

Application 12

Applicant: Strategic Energy Innovations

Amount Granted: $6,000

Summary of Project: Strategic Energy Innovations strengthened and expanded the ability of San Joaquin Valley Clean Energy Office to improve air quality in the San Joaquin Valley by focusing on the role that clean energy investments can play in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. To meet this goal they developed San Joaquin Valley Climate Action Framework.

Application 13

Applicant: California State University, Fresno Foundation

Amount Granted: $31,025

Summary of Project: The CSUF Foundation studied the effects of alterative fuels on modern small engines.

2005 Grant Recipients

Application 1

Applicant: Conservation Tillage

Amount Granted: $35,000

Summary of Project: The Conservation Tillage Program, administered by the University of California Cooperative Extension, is studying the feasibility and benefits of conservation tillage practices to determine positive impacts on profitability and reduction of energy use in Valley production systems.

Application 2

Applicant: Center for Irrigation Technology (CIT), California State University

Amount Granted: $35,000

Summary of Project: CIT improves pump efficiency for diesel irrigation pumps and encourages efficient water management practices. The program offers financial incentives for the testing and repair of diesel irrigation pumping plants.

Application 3

Applicant: Enterprise for Education’s Clean Air Challenge

Amount Granted: $46,100

Application 4

Applicant: Advanced Transportation Technology and Energy Initiative (ATTEi), Fresno City College — HOPE

Amount Granted: $9,500

Summary of Project: Staff and faculty from ATTEi will conduct the Hydrogen Outreach Education Program (HOPE) to educate high school and college students, as well as community leaders on the benefits of hydrogen fuel.

Application 5

Applicant: Advanced Transportation Technology and Energy Initiative (ATTEi), Fresno City College — Biodiesel

Amount Granted: $5,200

Summary of Project: Valley CAN funds will be used to help establish a biodiesel production system at All Valley Environmental, Inc. a Fresno-based company that collects used vegetable oil from local restaurants. ATTEi students will assist in production of the fuel, which is biodegradable, nontoxic and reduces emissions by 45 - 75 percent.

Application 6

Applicant: Advanced Transportation Technology and Energy Initiative (ATTEi), Fresno City College — Portable Scan Tool

Amount Granted: $8,000

Summary of Project: ATTEi students used the Valley CAN-funded scan tool and computer equipment to perform diagnostic tests on vehicles during a Tune In & Tune Up event in 2005.

Application 7

Applicant: San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District — Clean Green Yard Machines

Amount Granted: $10,000

Summary of Project: The Valley Air District’s lawn mower incentive program helped remove 720 gasoline mowers from Valley households and replaced them with lower-polluting electric lawn mowers. Each mower retired is equivalent to a reduction of ozone of 5.6 pounds per year.

Application 8

Applicant: Tree Fresno — Ornamental Horticulture Nursery

Amount Granted: $10,000

Summary of Project: By providing 1,000 trees and equipment, Valley CAN funding helped establish an ornamental horticulture nursery at Elkhorn Youth Facility. Facility residents supplied the labor to grow the trees, and to plant mature trees throughout Fresno.

Application 9

Applicant: Tree Fresno — San Joaquin Garden Expo

Amount Granted: $2,000

Summary of Project: Tree Fresno distributed 100 trees to attendees at the Garden Expo and provided information about their benefits to Valley air quality.

Application 10

Applicant: California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom — What’s Growin On?

Amount Granted: $1,000

Summary of Project: The fourth edition of What’s Growin On? will educate 4th - 8th graders about the important role agriculture can play in improving air quality. Total circulation throughout the Valley is estimated to be 500,000.

Application 11

Applicant: American Lung Association of Central California (ALACC) — Asthma Camp

Amount Granted: $1,000

Summary of Project: The ALACC conducted five separate camps related to air quality and asthma awareness. Camp sessions were geared toward children, teenagers and families.